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♪ john: after looking at obamacare and the government-dominated system that preceded obamacare, we search the were looking for a place for the free market to be allowed to work, but there is not in need. every industrialized country copied a government-heavy model and some form. there is one place where consumers are given a little more choice. there is more market competition . and short enough, and that place people spend less on health care . they spend -- live longer. where is that? just flew in from there. john: we just took the overnight flight. looking pretty fresh you been studying singapore. >> they must contribute. it is germany. it is a housing savings account in their retirement accounts. you use that money, and it is three-quarters of the health care expenses. when it is your money, you are more careful. john: unlike in america where we pay for 10 percent of the stuff directly, three-fourths of it, the consumer spends. they shop around. >> and they also have a catastrophic health insurance plan which on average cost to percent of the u.s. health insurance bill, 2% because it
♪ john: after looking at obamacare and the government-dominated system that preceded obamacare, we search the were looking for a place for the free market to be allowed to work, but there is not in need. every industrialized country copied a government-heavy model and some form. there is one place where consumers are given a little more choice. there is more market competition . and short enough, and that place people spend less on health care . they spend -- live longer. where is that? just...
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obamacare. 2,000 pages. this is what scares me. the idea that the american people vote for politicians to think it is good to micromanage life with stuff like this. this is awful. this kind of central planning reduces tauruses and complicates life. but they're is a silver lining, something i had not expected. specializing in health care. he noticed that parts of obamacare by accident have done something good. >> possibly. john: which is? >> one of the things is obamacare attempt to set up these insurance exchanges where people can shop for coverage. plus, of course, it does not touch that much. it modestly increases this set of regulations in the employer based market. some total of these effects is possibly to increase the number of people who shop for coverage on a round and have held savings accounts and catastrophic coverage which is exactly the kind of insurance that free-market and people said we have always wanted to have. john: that makes sense. the old system was no free-marke paradise. spent by the government before obama
obamacare. 2,000 pages. this is what scares me. the idea that the american people vote for politicians to think it is good to micromanage life with stuff like this. this is awful. this kind of central planning reduces tauruses and complicates life. but they're is a silver lining, something i had not expected. specializing in health care. he noticed that parts of obamacare by accident have done something good. >> possibly. john: which is? >> one of the things is obamacare attempt to...
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obamacare. 2,000 pages. this is what scares me. the idea that the american people vote for politicians to think it is good to micromanage life with stuff like this. this is awful. this kind of central planning reduces tauruses and complicates life. but they're is a silver lining, something i had not expected. specializing in health care. he noticed that parts of obamacare by accident have done something good. >> possibly. john: which is? >> one of the things is obamacare attempt to set up these insurance exchanges where people can shop for coverage. plus, of course, it does not touch that much. it modestly increases this set of regulations in the employer based market. some total of these effects is possibly to increase the number of people who shop for coverage on a round and have held savings accounts and catastrophic coverage which is exactly the kind of insurance that free-market and people said we have always wanted to have. john: that makes sense. the old system was no free-market paradise. spent by the government before obam
obamacare. 2,000 pages. this is what scares me. the idea that the american people vote for politicians to think it is good to micromanage life with stuff like this. this is awful. this kind of central planning reduces tauruses and complicates life. but they're is a silver lining, something i had not expected. specializing in health care. he noticed that parts of obamacare by accident have done something good. >> possibly. john: which is? >> one of the things is obamacare attempt to...
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coming up, my take on obamacare. ♪ ♪ john: all this talk about the obamacare website. this is the bigger problem. central planning which is what this is the rarely works well. the last thing you want to stress central planning what is our health care. central planning can work up a few throw enough money at it. most americans like the public schools. people like european trains, some like air france, as canadians like there single payer system. but over time central planning tends to break down. it took the soviet union 70 years to fail. socialism eventually failed. capitalism won the cold war, and now we are adopting the economic system. this is nuts. central planning appeals. >> to lower your premiums $2,500 per family per year. john: people want to believe that. we don't have time to read all of the details, but the president went to harvard. he and his experts must know how to manage health care better than the consing competition we have now. we chose the planners. but windy that competition because without it you get products like the centrally planned car. a car
coming up, my take on obamacare. ♪ ♪ john: all this talk about the obamacare website. this is the bigger problem. central planning which is what this is the rarely works well. the last thing you want to stress central planning what is our health care. central planning can work up a few throw enough money at it. most americans like the public schools. people like european trains, some like air france, as canadians like there single payer system. but over time central planning tends to break...
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it's all government run is socialism blah blah blah he says no matter what investors thought about obamacare politically is surely many here do not think of much of it the law was going to make some people very rich the affordable care act he said wasn't simply a law that mandated insurance for the uninsured instead it would fundamentally transform the basic business model of medicine billions could flow from washington to wall street indeed so obamacare he's saying it.
it's all government run is socialism blah blah blah he says no matter what investors thought about obamacare politically is surely many here do not think of much of it the law was going to make some people very rich the affordable care act he said wasn't simply a law that mandated insurance for the uninsured instead it would fundamentally transform the basic business model of medicine billions could flow from washington to wall street indeed so obamacare he's saying it.
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. >> the problem with obamacare is not just the website, it's the law. i heard from hundreds of constituents who see premiums rise and policies cancelled. many are losing their plans. >> after a failed strategy to kill the law by shutting the government split the party in two, republicans are unified in attacking problems on the website which, when functioning, will help millions obtain shirns under obamacare. >> i don't think anybody would deny the fact on either side of the political either. these facts are nothing short of a disaster. >> when pressed marilyn tavenner was unable to say how many people got insurance through the website. >> are you getting the numbers? >> am i getting the unless? not yet. >> you have no numbers of. >> we'll have them available mid-november. >> if you don't have insurance by 31 march, you face a fine. as the problems persist democrats are joining the call to delay the deadline. marilyn tavenner vowed to fix what is wrong. >> i want to assure you healthcare.gov can and will be fixed. we are working around the clock to deli
. >> the problem with obamacare is not just the website, it's the law. i heard from hundreds of constituents who see premiums rise and policies cancelled. many are losing their plans. >> after a failed strategy to kill the law by shutting the government split the party in two, republicans are unified in attacking problems on the website which, when functioning, will help millions obtain shirns under obamacare. >> i don't think anybody would deny the fact on either side of the...
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the november the president wants you to get rich on obamacare you being the bank of course this is tom scully in the new york times and he was he was involved in the introduction of medicare schedule d. which is that trillions to our health care bill in the united states but he was talking to hedge funds and private equity about obamacare and he said it's not a government takeover of medicine it's the privatization of health care you know i call this the digital divide or digital apartheid in america you notice that when it comes to hardware software to run a massive surveillance state run out of the n.s.a. on behalf of the government things seem to work. flawlessly but rolling out a computer program for health care oh it's stinks it's full of bugs we have to be rebuilt is overly costly it's the digital apartheid if you live on one side of the apartheid wall like that guy scully then everything works great if you live on the other side of the apartheid wall like ninety eight percent of the american population nothing works and cost too much and you live in a. ghetto. that you can say i
the november the president wants you to get rich on obamacare you being the bank of course this is tom scully in the new york times and he was he was involved in the introduction of medicare schedule d. which is that trillions to our health care bill in the united states but he was talking to hedge funds and private equity about obamacare and he said it's not a government takeover of medicine it's the privatization of health care you know i call this the digital divide or digital apartheid in...
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gerri: the obamacare website now working. the fact that now katie saying it will work by november 30th. and, of course, the president after everything that they can find that this. do call oracle, bringing in experts from all over, but it seems to me if you were committed to a website that work you would have done that from the get go, not after two and a half, three years of trying to put this together. it is what i mean by slow-moving this is unraveling. gerri: i will bet you a dime to a dollar that you have me on six regional and i will bet you done to dollar that a computer site is not working. i just on believe that they can create a system that is for one under million americans to go through all of these groups if the various health plans. and i think it will be working six weeks from now. in many cases the problem with the website is a distraction from the bigger issue that we're talking about, the people losing their coverage. and i like the plan that you mentioned by senator johnson of wisconsin but basically says k
gerri: the obamacare website now working. the fact that now katie saying it will work by november 30th. and, of course, the president after everything that they can find that this. do call oracle, bringing in experts from all over, but it seems to me if you were committed to a website that work you would have done that from the get go, not after two and a half, three years of trying to put this together. it is what i mean by slow-moving this is unraveling. gerri: i will bet you a dime to a...
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stacy herbert yeah max is the tollbooth economy the november the president wants you to get rich on obamacare you being the bank of course this is tom scully in the new york times and he was he was involved in the introduction of medicare schedule d. which is that trillions to our health care bill in the united states but he was talking to hedge funds and private equity about obamacare and he said it's not a government takeover of medicine it's the privatization of health care you know i call this the digital divide or digital apartheid in america you notice that when it comes to hardware software to run a massive surveillance state run out of the n.s.a. be after the government things seem to work flawlessly but rolling out a computer program for health care oh it's stinks it's full of bugs.
stacy herbert yeah max is the tollbooth economy the november the president wants you to get rich on obamacare you being the bank of course this is tom scully in the new york times and he was he was involved in the introduction of medicare schedule d. which is that trillions to our health care bill in the united states but he was talking to hedge funds and private equity about obamacare and he said it's not a government takeover of medicine it's the privatization of health care you know i call...
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obamacare is a subject. if you want to talk about the website or your health care choices, fo fox business is a pe to turn tonight. live at 6:00, live at 9:00. what will happen? >> we get an incredible response when we do this. they stay lit for the entire show so i said let's do two hours. i know people are worried, they are concerned. the concern is the young people who know they're going to have to pay a lot for this coverage. also people on medicare. those are people who don't have a sign-up for obamacare, but they are so nervous, so worried obamacare is going to hurt their medical coverage and cost their doctors to drop out of the system, not give them coverage, not see them on a regular basis so they are very worried. dennis: one thing obamacare has resulted in is the number of sign-ups for state medicaid programs rather than obamacare. >> you go through the same obamacare door and the devil's in the details here. there are 700,000 people who have tried to enroll in obamacare, vast majority of people a
obamacare is a subject. if you want to talk about the website or your health care choices, fo fox business is a pe to turn tonight. live at 6:00, live at 9:00. what will happen? >> we get an incredible response when we do this. they stay lit for the entire show so i said let's do two hours. i know people are worried, they are concerned. the concern is the young people who know they're going to have to pay a lot for this coverage. also people on medicare. those are people who don't have a...
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over the past month, obamacare lady and i grew very close. (laughter) i mean, we had an instant connection until it disconnected me. (laughter) still, we spent a lot of time together loading and buffering and refreshing. i shared more with her than i ever have with a picture of a woman. (laughter) my full name, my yearly income, apartment and/or suite number, i even told her that i'm not pregnant. (laughter) that i know of. (laughter) i've searched everywhere on the internet for her, all across the health care sites, over at the white house site. i even did a stock photo search for "vaguely ethnic smiling woman." (laughter) nothing. maybe those laughing salad ladies know something. (laughter) why are you laughing? (laughter) how can you eat at a time like this? (laughter) we have to find her, nation. and i have made a composite sketch, okay? if anyone see this is woman -- (laughter). please, please contact me immediately. nation, i don't know about you, but i am so sick and tired of europe with their history and "culture." yeah, they got the
over the past month, obamacare lady and i grew very close. (laughter) i mean, we had an instant connection until it disconnected me. (laughter) still, we spent a lot of time together loading and buffering and refreshing. i shared more with her than i ever have with a picture of a woman. (laughter) my full name, my yearly income, apartment and/or suite number, i even told her that i'm not pregnant. (laughter) that i know of. (laughter) i've searched everywhere on the internet for her, all across...
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still in obamacare, is this. the top hospitals in the country opting out of obamacare. they don't accept it. what's going on with that, liz? >> what's going on is that essentially the insurers have to have a certain set of insurance plans that are likely pricier and so, they have to get costs somewhere reduced so they're squeezing hospitals and they're squeezing doctors, a lot of doctors and hospitals are saying, you know what? we may not accept these insurers in our own system and you're seeing this happen in california and big states like ohio. stuart: the report i read says 11 of the top 18 hospitals in the country are shunning obamacare, they don't want anything to do with it. it occurs to me that that would set up a dual system, a two-tier health care system. the quality care at the top if you've got the money and everybody else down here? >> yes, you've got the cash to be able to pay your way. in other words, outside the system. in other words, if you can afford it, not to be in the system, that could be possibly coming down the road. but if this trend picks up, o
still in obamacare, is this. the top hospitals in the country opting out of obamacare. they don't accept it. what's going on with that, liz? >> what's going on is that essentially the insurers have to have a certain set of insurance plans that are likely pricier and so, they have to get costs somewhere reduced so they're squeezing hospitals and they're squeezing doctors, a lot of doctors and hospitals are saying, you know what? we may not accept these insurers in our own system and you're...
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but the problems with the law that the president himself calls obamacare go far beyond the government web site. and dean reynolds has been digging into this. >> reporter: the calls insurance broker rich fawn is getting these days are coming from both his business and individual customers. >> nobody fully has a complete 100% understanding of the affordable care act. >> reporter: nobody knows how many people will participate, he says, so insurance companies are offering higher premiums than many anticipated until things settle downs do annoyance of his customers. >> because the administration and the people in washington, they talk big picture. the reality is something totally different. >> reporter: some companies are declining to even participate in the insurance exchanges. inform 23 states plus the district of columbia there are fewer than four carriers in the individual exchange market. >> you don't have etna, you don't have united health care, you don't have cigna. those are all national carriers who are not playing in the illinois federal partnership. >> reporter: and why are they
but the problems with the law that the president himself calls obamacare go far beyond the government web site. and dean reynolds has been digging into this. >> reporter: the calls insurance broker rich fawn is getting these days are coming from both his business and individual customers. >> nobody fully has a complete 100% understanding of the affordable care act. >> reporter: nobody knows how many people will participate, he says, so insurance companies are offering higher...
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. >> and randall with 41 votes to do away with what republicans are calling obamacare, i don't think she was expecting a warm welcoming. what are the democrats saying? >> well, at least a few have asked her to modify the plan. one asked to extend the sign-on period. and she said four months would be enough. and another one, a democrat from georgia pointed out that he voted against the affordable care act in the first place, and he is also asking the secretary to do something republicans wanted to do, which is to delay the mandate for at least a year. but most of the democrats are trying to point out how the plan is working, and pointing to what they say is hypocrisy on the part of republicans. here is representative engel from new york. >> it is the law, and i find it disconcerting that my republican colleagues have done nothing but root for this to fail, and now there is this big show that they are upset from keeping people from signing up fast up. the website will be fixed and millions of americans will be able to get coverage. >> and secretary sebelius is saying that the repair wo
. >> and randall with 41 votes to do away with what republicans are calling obamacare, i don't think she was expecting a warm welcoming. what are the democrats saying? >> well, at least a few have asked her to modify the plan. one asked to extend the sign-on period. and she said four months would be enough. and another one, a democrat from georgia pointed out that he voted against the affordable care act in the first place, and he is also asking the secretary to do something...
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the hits on obamacare, they keep coming. and kathleen sebelius keeps testifying and the problems are revealed. first one, the obamacare website still not working this morning, it crashed totally yet again last night and in all 50 states, nobody can sign up. according to verizon, the crash is being blamed 0 a network failure and a troubling sign. the vast majority of people who successfully signed up are using the website to get medicaid, look at kentucky, out of 20,000 new enrollees 82% from were medicaid and 87% signed up for medicaid and the list goes on. this means that people are signing up for free health care and if young, healthy people are not getting private plans and putting their money into the system, obamacare collapses. and we have the list of democrats urging an extension of open enrollment growing, fast. ten senators signed a letter to the president pushing for extension beyond march the 31st, and all that this monday morning, and it's not just obamacare in the news though, i've got 30 seconds worth of climat
the hits on obamacare, they keep coming. and kathleen sebelius keeps testifying and the problems are revealed. first one, the obamacare website still not working this morning, it crashed totally yet again last night and in all 50 states, nobody can sign up. according to verizon, the crash is being blamed 0 a network failure and a troubling sign. the vast majority of people who successfully signed up are using the website to get medicaid, look at kentucky, out of 20,000 new enrollees 82% from...
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obamacare website crashed again last night. louisiana governor bobby jindal warning the technical problems in this law are only just beginning. >> let's remember this is the easy part. the real critical issue is when it comes time to schedule your grandma's surgery, what happens then? this is systematic of a bigger problem. this is administration the most incompetent or the most liberal administration in recent history? i think this issue, this policy shows to quote hillary clinton, what difference does it make. bill: what difference does it make. here with me in the studio. thank you for your time. i have so much stuff that i want to get to. let me see how much i can do. you were with david axelrod. what he said was most will not lose their coverage. that's not what the line was before. >> most can be 51%. think about where most people get their coverage, they get it from their players. most people don't work for large corporations that are self funded and a program. most work for small businesses buying insurance market and t
obamacare website crashed again last night. louisiana governor bobby jindal warning the technical problems in this law are only just beginning. >> let's remember this is the easy part. the real critical issue is when it comes time to schedule your grandma's surgery, what happens then? this is systematic of a bigger problem. this is administration the most incompetent or the most liberal administration in recent history? i think this issue, this policy shows to quote hillary clinton, what...
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you are botching it you obamacare thing, you are losing it. and you are losing us. here is what i'm offering you, a way out. but it will require something you have never done. but something your own health and human services offered, albeit half heartedly, personal responsibility for a mess, you can do this, tonight we'll show you how. i am neil cavuto, mr. president, i want to talk to you. this is your moment. i hate to break it to you, but you are blowing it. our personal approval rating just hit an all-time long, and publi angst at all-time high. you cannot afford doing this familiar act again and again. no time for wasting time, doing the same old thing time and gain, forget them, focus on you and your legacy. this is where it will hurt. you have to get tough now mr. president. you have to admit that now. you have to say this. maybe not in those words, but words close, that relay that you, sir, screwed this up. i could say, take a cue from your health and human services secretary, but that could be beneath you, see is beneath you, she works for you. you need to
you are botching it you obamacare thing, you are losing it. and you are losing us. here is what i'm offering you, a way out. but it will require something you have never done. but something your own health and human services offered, albeit half heartedly, personal responsibility for a mess, you can do this, tonight we'll show you how. i am neil cavuto, mr. president, i want to talk to you. this is your moment. i hate to break it to you, but you are blowing it. our personal approval rating just...
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obamacare passed is not in the exchaifntle it is in the medicaid. medicaid pays a doctor about 50 cents on the dollar for what private insurance pays that doctor and so only about a third of doctors will actually see a new medicaid patient because the cost of doing so eats into their profit and i deed may make their doing so completely unprofitable and nonviable. well, we could improve medicaid by creating more flexibility in the states to manage that beneficiary population and to expand corchl. -- expand coverage. we had would expand competition. those are nine different reform proposals we've been making since 2009 when obamacare was first being debated, but it's clear our colleagues across the aisle were so concentrated on this huge takeover of our health care system -- one-sixth of our economy in a way that we now know is not going to work that they weren't even listening. i hope they will now. the reforms i've described enjoy broad support among republicans on capitol hill, and my hope is whether you are a critic of obamacare, like i was, or yo
obamacare passed is not in the exchaifntle it is in the medicaid. medicaid pays a doctor about 50 cents on the dollar for what private insurance pays that doctor and so only about a third of doctors will actually see a new medicaid patient because the cost of doing so eats into their profit and i deed may make their doing so completely unprofitable and nonviable. well, we could improve medicaid by creating more flexibility in the states to manage that beneficiary population and to expand...
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message of the letter is this is your only option but in fact they point to obamacare and say obamacare is mandating this one in favor of these very often these exact same companies are offering a four hundred dollars plan on the exchange that does everything there is six hundred dollars plan but if the person can get a subsidy. how can they get away with this what's what's going on here well i think they're able to use the confusion certainly exists right now around in rome and in obamacare to their advantage and some of them it looks like have been doing you know even before the marketplace opened on october first were really trying to push people into these marks pencil policies and lock them in you know for another year . i think also you know because there's been so much attention to the problems with the website and other dynamics you know as you mentioned around there if you controversy over if you like your plan you can keep it kind of problems. that this is a story that just hasn't gotten much reporting that it shouldn't really surprise us i mean it's not as if insurance plans
message of the letter is this is your only option but in fact they point to obamacare and say obamacare is mandating this one in favor of these very often these exact same companies are offering a four hundred dollars plan on the exchange that does everything there is six hundred dollars plan but if the person can get a subsidy. how can they get away with this what's what's going on here well i think they're able to use the confusion certainly exists right now around in rome and in obamacare to...
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they say it's because of obamacare. may or may not be true but over time medicare advantage providers are going to get less money and so those plans and and so you know what i had wendell potter on the show last week and he said well just sign up for medicare you know just you know forget about medicare advantage but then you've got this eighty percent twenty percent problem and he said the so by a medicare insurance program you know fill in blanks well it's like a high. one hundred fifty dollars for the average person. why. why should somebody who you know i mean i think it's forty percent of seniors in america are basically living on their social security so we have people who are living on somewhere between twelve and fourteen thousand dollars a year to begin with in some cases a little less so there's a little more. we're asking them to spend a couple hundred dollars a month on medicare plus another hundred and some odd dollars a month but another gap insurance plan why why is it that somebody who is twenty years ol
they say it's because of obamacare. may or may not be true but over time medicare advantage providers are going to get less money and so those plans and and so you know what i had wendell potter on the show last week and he said well just sign up for medicare you know just you know forget about medicare advantage but then you've got this eighty percent twenty percent problem and he said the so by a medicare insurance program you know fill in blanks well it's like a high. one hundred fifty...
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health and human services faces a grilling before congress over obamacare lawmakers are furious over americans facing health care sign up issues and some even losing their insurance coverage the latest from today's hearing later in the show. it's wednesday october thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our t.v. and we begin with another edward snowden revelation this one provided to the washington post which reported today that the n.s.a. has infiltrated the links to yahoo and google data centers worldwide and what this means is the n.s.a. can tap right into data streams carrying information belonging to hundreds of millions of yahoo and google users worldwide including americans and then siphon off whatever they want to their enormous data bases for example google runs data centers all around the world several in the united states plus several in europe several in asian one in chile the links between these data centers are what the n.s.a. is targeting and these links are not encrypted google announced in september they are working to encrypt their legs
health and human services faces a grilling before congress over obamacare lawmakers are furious over americans facing health care sign up issues and some even losing their insurance coverage the latest from today's hearing later in the show. it's wednesday october thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our t.v. and we begin with another edward snowden revelation this one provided to the washington post which reported today that the n.s.a. has infiltrated the links...
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obama has been defending one of his flagship policies, obamacare, supposed to extend health insurance to 15 million americans who didn't previously have it. it has been billed as the biggest shakeup the country has seen in 50 years. but it has been plagued with problems. boston., >> a warm welcome for president obama and what felt like a campaign stop, the commander-in- chief took on the role of provider in chief, selling the success of obamacare. >> today the affordable care act requires insurance companies to abide by some of the strongest consumer protections this country is ever known. a true patients bill of rights. [applause] hill, itck on capitol was the president's health secretary kathleen sebelius in the spotlight. she was forced to address americans frustrations with the website failures. >> you deserve better. i apologize. i am accountable to you for fixing these problems. >> but even as she spoke, those who try to log onto healthcare.gov got a now familiar error message. republicans have used the problems to paint the health care law as a failure. >> obamacare was signed
obama has been defending one of his flagship policies, obamacare, supposed to extend health insurance to 15 million americans who didn't previously have it. it has been billed as the biggest shakeup the country has seen in 50 years. but it has been plagued with problems. boston., >> a warm welcome for president obama and what felt like a campaign stop, the commander-in- chief took on the role of provider in chief, selling the success of obamacare. >> today the affordable care act...
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i think the government has made a disaster over some very good principles in obamacare so far. but we willver, see. i think the leadership has been poor, it has been laid out poorly, it hasn't been done well here it am very optimistic and here's why it is so important what you're all talking about the next several days. technology today, ipads didn't exist three years ago. now you have a hundred million out there and we all depend on them today. 94% of people have telephones and 54% have smart telephones. -- thatciate economic empowerment of data, and data is not electronic health records. information technology is not electronic health records. government pushed a set way. isormation technology which going to drive the innovation which is going to be consumer driven, not driven from above, is going to be automation, decision support to make sure the right decisions are made with the resources that are available by doctors at consumers. it is going to be the connectivity which means an investment to get those tentacles out there to do the outpatient care/inpatient care. mining,
i think the government has made a disaster over some very good principles in obamacare so far. but we willver, see. i think the leadership has been poor, it has been laid out poorly, it hasn't been done well here it am very optimistic and here's why it is so important what you're all talking about the next several days. technology today, ipads didn't exist three years ago. now you have a hundred million out there and we all depend on them today. 94% of people have telephones and 54% have smart...
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fox news another stunning revelation on the obamacare rollout. pressuring on insurance companies threatening to keep quiet about hundred of thousands health care plans that have been canceled, perhaps millions to go. good morning i'm bill hemmer on this halloween morning. >> that sounds creepier. i'm martha maccallum. president obama changed his tune on one of his most memorable promise. you remember this, when he said if you like your health plan you can keep it. here is the president yesterday. >> if you're getting one of these letters, just shop around in the new marketplace. that is what it is floor. bill: that easy. jonah goldberg, editor-at-large, nationalreview.online, fox news contributor. good morn to you in washington de. >> good to be here. bill: it is like no one in washington doubts that there is pressure on these companies. what do you mean by that? >> you talk to the people in the industry you hear this kind of things. the simple fact this white house bullied reporters like no white house in modern memory. went after fox news from
fox news another stunning revelation on the obamacare rollout. pressuring on insurance companies threatening to keep quiet about hundred of thousands health care plans that have been canceled, perhaps millions to go. good morning i'm bill hemmer on this halloween morning. >> that sounds creepier. i'm martha maccallum. president obama changed his tune on one of his most memorable promise. you remember this, when he said if you like your health plan you can keep it. here is the president...
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when will chief crazy horse stand tall, proud and this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. my staff has read the entire thing. can congress say the same? complex it's forces a human it's imagine make it and comment. the vision of chief crazy horse nestled in the black hills began in i 1948 and it's yet to be realized here is chris burie. >> in the rugged granite of the black hills, the features are chiseled from the mountain side. a features of the warrior known as crazy horse. his arm holding a giant stallion that you can imagine but cannot see. the horses head all 219 feet of it has been painted but still must be fashioned from the jagged rock. call it a work in progress. carried on by the family of a man that started carving this mountain in 1948. >> he was determined it was going to be completed. i don't think he realized how long it was going to take or how much work it was going to be. >> under estimated the task. >> he did. now 87 years old rout ruth cameo south dakota with star dust in her eyes. eyes. >> she came from connecticut to work with a famous sculptor from
when will chief crazy horse stand tall, proud and this is the 900-page document we call obamacare. my staff has read the entire thing. can congress say the same? complex it's forces a human it's imagine make it and comment. the vision of chief crazy horse nestled in the black hills began in i 1948 and it's yet to be realized here is chris burie. >> in the rugged granite of the black hills, the features are chiseled from the mountain side. a features of the warrior known as crazy horse....
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. >> the problem with obamacare is not just the website, but the law. i've heard from hundreds of my constituents who are seeing premiums rise, policies cancelled - many, again, are losing their plans. >> after the failed strategy to kill the law by shutting down the government - split the party in two. republicans are now unified in attacking problems on the website which, when functioning, is meant to help million obtain insurance under obamacare. >> i don't think anyone would deny the fact on either side of the political aisle. the past 29 days have been a disaster. >> when pressed marilyn tavenner refused to say how many were able to get insurance through the website. >> are you getting those numbers? >> am i getting the numbers? not yet. >> you have no numbers on who is enrolled. you have no idea? >> we'll have the numbers available mid november. >> if you don't have insurance by march 31st, you face a fine. as problems persist, democrats are joining a government call to delay the deadline. >> i want to assure you that healthcare.gov can and will b
. >> the problem with obamacare is not just the website, but the law. i've heard from hundreds of my constituents who are seeing premiums rise, policies cancelled - many, again, are losing their plans. >> after the failed strategy to kill the law by shutting down the government - split the party in two. republicans are now unified in attacking problems on the website which, when functioning, is meant to help million obtain insurance under obamacare. >> i don't think anyone...
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they may well be voting on obamacare, taxes, and jobs. and that sense he probably made the republican position stronger. think about it within the party. you look at if say you don't like it much either. i think unless it become a personal civil war and the comment that senator cruz made yesterday if they do that they accomplish something. if they don't do that they accomplish nothing. >> one of the questions i 4 maybe for david and bob was that it was dick cheney who said that deficits don't matter. and the republican party had two wings on economics, one is the calvin cool age, herbert hoover pretty -- grim focus on reducing deficit and cutting spending, the other one is more optimistic message of reagan and focusing on economic growth as a way to prosperity and the way to cutting the deficit. and the argument today, which seems to me being seated to the democratic party is that growth is the optimistic path. can republican party sell deficit cutting. is it a positive message? should they be focusing more on cutting taxes, increasing gr
they may well be voting on obamacare, taxes, and jobs. and that sense he probably made the republican position stronger. think about it within the party. you look at if say you don't like it much either. i think unless it become a personal civil war and the comment that senator cruz made yesterday if they do that they accomplish something. if they don't do that they accomplish nothing. >> one of the questions i 4 maybe for david and bob was that it was dick cheney who said that deficits...
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is about that affordable health care and you know you like the whole concept of a lot of obamacare as it's got some good points about points where it was originally intended has been torn down and shredded and then cut and pasted and what we have now is nothing in what you know i envision for you no health care for everybody but it's better than nothing no yeah it's better than nothing but unfortunately what you have is people businesses are actually cutting. you know the hours of employees or changing benefits or firing people totally so they don't have to pay for health care so it's actually hurting just and many people as it's helping and another thing is. physically would be required to have health insurance under the administration of the government telling you if you don't have insurance we're going to find you would see illegal not to have insurance that's your take away some civil liberties as well so if i want to talk a little bit about your fuse in the global sense because i know you're a self-proclaimed seven beginning but your tap a battery case sort of justice for all and
is about that affordable health care and you know you like the whole concept of a lot of obamacare as it's got some good points about points where it was originally intended has been torn down and shredded and then cut and pasted and what we have now is nothing in what you know i envision for you no health care for everybody but it's better than nothing no yeah it's better than nothing but unfortunately what you have is people businesses are actually cutting. you know the hours of employees or...
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there are many health insurance companies that will benefit and do a good job under obamacare. some of the biggest ones like the ones i used to work for, cigna, aetna and united, may not fare to well and not eager for it to be a success. the blue cross plans around the country, and some of the smaller non-profit plans should thrive. i think it will be transformative in a good way for the health insurance industry, and also for consumers. we will see, i think frankly a return to the way that insurance should be sold or was sold initially, and we're returning to a time when we're going to be having a system that is more equitable and i think that's a good thing. >> -- the bugs and glitches and everything else that seems to be in the headlines, americans should stick it out? >> there's no doubt about it. we've got a stick this out, because one of the things that we're losing sight of, it's understandable, but with all the headlines, losing sight of the fact that this law will do a lot of good things for many families, already is. we need to think about why we had to have reform in
there are many health insurance companies that will benefit and do a good job under obamacare. some of the biggest ones like the ones i used to work for, cigna, aetna and united, may not fare to well and not eager for it to be a success. the blue cross plans around the country, and some of the smaller non-profit plans should thrive. i think it will be transformative in a good way for the health insurance industry, and also for consumers. we will see, i think frankly a return to the way that...
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fightingbeen so much and so much ideological fighting over obamacare. we have had 42, 43 house votes defundrepeal it, gut it, it. the process to create jobs has taken a side stage for now. askedthe president had congress to pass the jobs bill several times. guest: a few weeks ago i was talking to senator lindsey graham and he sort of unexpectedly to me and some other reporters throughout the possibility of a big budget deal including some infrastructure spending, providing there was offset to pay for with some kind of entitlement tweak.or a tax code that surprised me a little bit. one thing that comes up over and over are these chronic infrastructure problems and that is one thing that really is by most people's standards of federal responsibility, to of functioning ports and roads and that is something that correct could -- and that is something that could create jobs. maybe they'll be some infrastructure spending. guest: i am surprised senator instagram brought that up. --center lindsey graham brought that up. it creates jobs and economists agree one
fightingbeen so much and so much ideological fighting over obamacare. we have had 42, 43 house votes defundrepeal it, gut it, it. the process to create jobs has taken a side stage for now. askedthe president had congress to pass the jobs bill several times. guest: a few weeks ago i was talking to senator lindsey graham and he sort of unexpectedly to me and some other reporters throughout the possibility of a big budget deal including some infrastructure spending, providing there was offset to...
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it is not obamacare. the republicans named it obamacare. being a republican, i like to billion that this wentry is in debt over -- should have a class action suit against the tea party and their --lican party to find out they are talking about hell obamacare -- they are talking about obamacare and other topics. we should find out about this money that we have lost. no one has said anything about it. you know what $34 billion could do? party and my party responsible for the money that you could put into the country. host: thank you. vicki and indiana. independent. caller: yes. this is vicki. i just wanted to know. you hear all of these people who say that there had -- their insurance has been cut. have a read their policies? do they know whether they are covered for catastrophic insurance? i have cancer now. i am actively taking chemo. i could not get insurance because i had a pre-existing condition before. i had cancer 16 years ago. all of these people, before they complain that insurance companies are dropping them, have they read the poli
it is not obamacare. the republicans named it obamacare. being a republican, i like to billion that this wentry is in debt over -- should have a class action suit against the tea party and their --lican party to find out they are talking about hell obamacare -- they are talking about obamacare and other topics. we should find out about this money that we have lost. no one has said anything about it. you know what $34 billion could do? party and my party responsible for the money that you could...
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but here's the question, how does that number stack up to the first weeks of obamacare? how does it stack up to those who signed up for romney care back in 2006? al jazeera's john terrett has been investigating for us. >> you gave it away just now. >> reporter: the healthcare.gov is sick. we know that. we've seen it since it launched back on october 1st. that's not really news. what is news is we're getting a hint of how sick this site through which people 36 states purchase healthcare under the new law might begin in the early days. on the beginning day, six people, total six people had signed up and enrolled for healthcare under the obamacare laws. by the second day, october 2nd, much better, more than 100 people had signed up, and then only 248 have signed up at the end of that second day october 2nd. we know this because the house oversight and government reform committee have released these figures. it's a problem because the government expected 7 million people in order to balance the books on this obamacare to sign up by 2014. so 7 million, six, you see a big issu
but here's the question, how does that number stack up to the first weeks of obamacare? how does it stack up to those who signed up for romney care back in 2006? al jazeera's john terrett has been investigating for us. >> you gave it away just now. >> reporter: the healthcare.gov is sick. we know that. we've seen it since it launched back on october 1st. that's not really news. what is news is we're getting a hint of how sick this site through which people 36 states purchase...
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spying obamacare or it's all tell about their. politics with larry. hello there i marinate and this is boom bust here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today. j.p. morgan city of sideline their cheap currency dealers in london following allegations of currency market manipulation we'll tell you about the chat room yes that's right chat rooms that got them into some very hot water and the man who personified brazil's broom is now busted. wow that's what's hard to say but tista built a financial empire but yesterday his flagship oil company declared the biggest bankruptcy in latin american history we'll talk about how all the chips came tumbling down and you want a man who cuts through the jargon with you.
spying obamacare or it's all tell about their. politics with larry. hello there i marinate and this is boom bust here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today. j.p. morgan city of sideline their cheap currency dealers in london following allegations of currency market manipulation we'll tell you about the chat room yes that's right chat rooms that got them into some very hot water and the man who personified brazil's broom is now busted. wow that's what's hard to say but tista built...
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of so-called news trying to defend medicare for a minute and consider how full of it mccoy really is obamacare does not cut grandma's medicare benefits that the laws specifically prevents the government from doing so only people who will see any medicare changes under obamacare are doctors and insurance companies is the law changes how the government pays them for treating medicare patients as usual old fox them it's commentators and once pushing an agenda and recording factors and the very very ugly brant bozell in a recent column for townhall dot com the media research center president blasted the entertainment industry for quote having too many gay characters on t.v. and quote a calling the rise of gay t.v. stars propaganda it was all complained that gay characters never face any real opposition to the gay agenda these so-called inclusive programs there's no measure of orthodox religious inclusion and no real debates the victory of the left is assumed without thinking this is just insane there is no debate about the gay agenda there is no gay agenda other than hate tritos the same as everyb
of so-called news trying to defend medicare for a minute and consider how full of it mccoy really is obamacare does not cut grandma's medicare benefits that the laws specifically prevents the government from doing so only people who will see any medicare changes under obamacare are doctors and insurance companies is the law changes how the government pays them for treating medicare patients as usual old fox them it's commentators and once pushing an agenda and recording factors and the very...
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this was actually in the verbiage of obamacare in 2010. so it obviously has a ton of people furious because they predicted -- get this -- that buried in these regulations, that 40 to 67% of customers would not be able to keep their policy. >> now the white house says not so. but in the -- this -- they were investigating that up to 14 million who buy insurance on the individual market, they knew, they did the studies that said that they all -- they would be losing their insurance to the tune of 14 million people. that's 40 to 67%! >> so since 2010, according to the law itself, they have known in the white house that millions of americans would lose their health care. millions would lose their healthcare. the white house knew that and yet the president, starting in 2009 when they knew it was not true, he continued to spin that story. here he is, then and closer to now. >> we will keep this promise to the american people, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. >> if you like your healthcare plan, you will be ab
this was actually in the verbiage of obamacare in 2010. so it obviously has a ton of people furious because they predicted -- get this -- that buried in these regulations, that 40 to 67% of customers would not be able to keep their policy. >> now the white house says not so. but in the -- this -- they were investigating that up to 14 million who buy insurance on the individual market, they knew, they did the studies that said that they all -- they would be losing their insurance to the...
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let you know what the latest and greatest is on obamacare. what you can do and what you need to know to keep you and your family safe because at the end of the day it is all about your coverage, it is all about getting care. ashley: you could end up paying more with less options when it comes to physicians you may want to use. the biggest complaint i heard so far, it is supposed to be saving us money, it is costing more. >> it is costing more. people got coverage denied they currently had n florida, one woman went on obamacare exchange to sign up. now her costs are 10 times higher. ashley: ouch. gerri, thanks very much. do not miss "the willis report" special call-in show live at 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. eastern time. i'm sure everyone out there has questions. give the line a call. get answers. watch it r fox business tonight. do not miss it. tracy: no. awesome service you're extending to our viewers. >> everybody wants to know. tracy: you will be on the phone till midnight, by the way. >> could happen. tracy: thank you, gerri. so you think your ki
let you know what the latest and greatest is on obamacare. what you can do and what you need to know to keep you and your family safe because at the end of the day it is all about your coverage, it is all about getting care. ashley: you could end up paying more with less options when it comes to physicians you may want to use. the biggest complaint i heard so far, it is supposed to be saving us money, it is costing more. >> it is costing more. people got coverage denied they currently had...